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Health Archives | Page 5 of 18 | Markle

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The Public and Doctors Agree on Importance of Specific Privacy Protections for Health IT

Read the Survey Overview Key Findings When asked about requirements necessary to make sure that federal incentive money for health IT would be well spent,…

70 Percent of Public Says Patients Should Get Summaries After Doctor Visits

Read the Survey Overview Key Findings 70 percent of patients believe they should get a written or online summary after each doctor visit. Both patients…

Public and Doctors Alike Support Allowing Individuals to Download Their Own Health Information

Read the Survey Overview Key Findings Roughly 2 in 3 members of the public and doctors agree that people should be able to download their…

PHR Adoption on the Rise

Read the Survey Overview Key Findings 10 percent of the public surveyed report use of electronic personal health records (PHRs). A similar proportion of doctors…

3 in 4 Doctors Would Prefer Computerized Means to Share Patient Information with Each Other

Read the Survey Overview Key Findings Only 17 percent of the doctors surveyed said they use computer-based means predominantly to communicate with other doctors today….

Many Doctors and Patients Perceive Gaps in Their Communications

Read the Survey Overview Key Findings Nearly all doctors say their patients sometimes or most times forget potentially important things they are told. Substantial portions…

Large Majorities of the Public and Physicians Agree on Information-Sharing Priorities for Health IT

Read the Survey Overview Key Findings For public subsidies of health IT to be well spent, roughly 4 in 5 of the public and doctors…

Personal Health Working Group Final Report

From November 2002 through May 2003, a group of health information experts and consumer advocates met as the Personal Health Working Group (PHWG) of the…

Survey Snapshot: The Public and Doctors Agree on Importance of Specific Privacy Safeguards

Markle’s six nationwide surveys to date have consistently found that the public expects electronic PHRs to be beneficial in health and health care management. The…